The project consists of the major renovation of an office building located at 8-10 rue Jobbé Duval in Paris’s 15th arrondissement.
Built in 1930 and with a rooftop extension executed in 1962, the building has an overall floor area of 7,931 m on a basement level, ground floor and 6 upper storeys, the 5th floor being set back with an accessible terrace.
It consists of a U-shaped main building, disposed around a garden and two inner courtyards.
The project will ultimately provide: A building in compliance with labour law, with a 5th category public access ground floor (limited to 200 people).
The renovation works relate primarily to:
– Redesign of vertical circulations above ground with the addition of stairs and lifts
– Ground floor extensions
– Creation of skylights to bring light into the basement
– Creation of a second basement at the edge of the area occupied by Orange within the height of the first basement or beneath the courtyard
– The upgrading of the spaces at the level of the existing 5th floor extension and its terraces.
The site is located on a backfilled former opencast quarry.
